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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

A WASHINGTON dispatch says the Surveyor-General of Arizona, in his annual report to Land Commission CT Sparks, says: There is evidence accommodating that the survey of a large block of land about thirty miles in width, and 100 in length surveyed under the deposit system, for the Atlantic and Pacific rail- road, has been carelessly done, if not .criminally instigated. It has been notoriously commented upon by the settlers on the tract during the past year, that watering places are almost entirely on railroad sec tions. Large cattle companies are now in possession of these lands, government lands. The Surveyor General expresses the opinion that this whole matter should be investigated, and a reme- dy applied. The Surveyor General is of the opinion that more perjury is now committed under the desert land law than at any time in the history of the territory.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

MR. CUSHING, who has been en. gagged for some months in excava- ting the old Aztec ruins south of Tempe, has sent off during that period fully three car loads of spec linens to the Smithsonian Institute. He recently unearthed some very large and perfect skeletons in one of the ruins.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

WE ARE in receipt of The Sun day Gazette, printed in Washing ton City, D. c. The Gazette is a weekly, and politically, is indepen- dent republican. Geographically, it is neat. Editorially, it is spicy, and its news columns are full of entertaining matter. Subscription price $2 a year in advance.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

THE Prospector says there are thousands of acres of as good agri- cultural land as a blow was ever put into, within the border of Co., chise county, and it is but ques. tion of few years, and not unlike ly only months, when the land will be brought under cultivation.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

THE Hoof and Horn says it is stated that at a recent meeting of the General Live Stock Association of Southern Arizona, resolution was adopted asking Governor Zu- lick to appoint a representative stockman to fill the vacancy in the Territorial Board of Equalization, caused by the resignation of Bolan of Graham. In making this re- quest the stockmen of the Terri tory are making but a reasonable demand, and one which should in justice be granted. Tie live stock interests of the Territory, repre- senting in the aggregate as they do $6,915, ,1S9 34, over one-fourth of the entire taxable property in Arizona, are of too great importance to be disregarded, and by the appoint ment of the person selected by the stockmen of the section to which the vacancy is accredited, the Gov ernor will merely be recognizing an interest, which in the past, has been ignored and disregarded to the in- jury of the entire Territory.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

WE HAVE refrained for a long time from saying anything in re- gard to the mail service of our sec- tion. A gentleman who is in at- tendance on our court, however, in- forms us that he and another tele- graphed the blackboard driver from Holbrook, they would be up on the east bound train, and would want to come to St. Johns; that the train was half an hour behind time, and asking him to wait. Instead of doing so the blackboard started out of Navajo ahead of time.
 Another gentleman informed us that one of the mail clerks on the Atlantic and Pacific road told him, a few days since, that when the train passed Holbrook going west, there were fifty bags that had not been united. How much mail mat ter those fifty bags contained, that should have been dropped at Nav ajo there is no means of knowing 1; but it is a safe supposition that there was considerable. Such a state of affairs is exceedingly an- moving and vexatious to our busi- ness people, and should be reme- died as soon as possible.
 Of course the line between Maya jo and this place is not responsible for the shortcomings of the rail- way postal service but it is respon- sible for not waiting half an hour, or even longer, if necessary, for the mail. The contractor should put himself out a little for the conve- nience and accommodation of the public. There is ample time al. lowed them from Navajo here, when the roads are in anything like travelling condition, for them to delay the departure of the buck board from Navajo for an hour and a half, and then get here on time. Even if they were little late in getting to St. Johns, the people would be better satisfied if they brought the mail. But from what we have been told, they appear to run the blackboard simply and purely for the dollars and cents there is in 1t, and without any re- gard to the convenience and ac- commodation of the people of this place and points south of us, which get their mails through this office. "A word to the wise is sufficient"
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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COMMODORE WILSON, of the United States Navy, has been inspecting Mare Island, California, to ascer- tain the practicability of that place for steel ship-building purposes. He was very favorably impressed, and there may be an appropriation for that purpose.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

the United States during 1887 will be about 12,000. It has never been approached except in 1882, when the total was II ,568 miles. Track laying for 1887, up to September 1st, aggregates 6,462 miles. Kansas still continues far in the lead over the other states in the work of rail- way construction"
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

Col. BEE, the Chinese consul at San Francisco, has entered pro- test against the action of the peo- pie of Flagstaff, Arizona, who, in a public meeting, notified the Chinese residents of the town that they must leave in a certain time.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

WASHINGTON BARTLETT, Governor of California, died in Oakland on the afternoon of the 18th instant. There was probably no man in that State who stood higher. His pub lie career had been long and varied, and even while living and in the midst of q hot campaign, his ene- mies never charged him with sin gle dishonorable or dishonest act, His death will be mourned from one end of California to the other, and by all, irrespective of party.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

IT IS said that Texas sheriff re- gently attempted to arrest man in Phoenix, on a warrant issued by Justice of the Peace in Texas. It wouldn't work.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

WE take the following account of the recent hold-up of the Allan tic and Pacific express and passen- ger train from the Albuquerque Citizen About half past seven on the night of the 16th a daring train robbery occurred at Navajo Tank, three miles west of Navajo Springs, near the New Mexico line in Ari- zona. The train had stopped at the tank to take water. Engineer Wagg was oiling his engine and Express Messenger Vaughn was busy in his car, which was locked, when a gang of train robbers, whose approach had not been mo- ticed, and who had probably been waiting at that point for the train, opened fire, putting one ball into the headlight of the locomotive and several balls into coaches, one passing entirelythrough the smoker. No resistance being offered, two of the robbers approached the express car, Messenger Vaughn said: "So soon as I heard the firing I knewit was not 22-calibre, tenderfeet work, but 45-calibre rustlers who were at work. I had been there before, among the bushwhackers in Mis- souri, during the war;" MT. Vaughn says that they called to him to open the car, but he made no reply until they told him that unless the car was opened at once they would blow it up, when he opened the door. They made him hold up his hands and come out of the car, when one of them entered it. He was then ordered to follow back into the car. the second robber entering behind him. He was now forced at the point of revolvers to open the small safe from which the robbers select ed such of the contents as they ap- peared to think valuable. MT. V. says: 1T talked them out of open ing the big safe." Alter getting what plunder they wanted, they took MT. Vaughn out of the car to a point behind the tank, and call ing the man who was near the en- zine, on the same side, left. Mr. Vaughn says: "I saw three men, but there must have been more, as the train was fired into from both sides"
 Engineer Wagg had his injector at work when the firing commenced and not stopping to turn it off, es- capped in the darkness. and ran to Navajo Springs, three miles dis tant, where he gave the alarm. There happened to be an engine there with steam up, and five men were very soon found and armed, who mounted the engine, and ran down to the tank, arriving there a few minutes after the robbers had left.
 An investigation of the ground showed that the robbers came and went in spring wagon. It was too dark to obtain fair description of the robbers. MT. Vaughn says that the man who did the talking was not above the medium height, and was slenderly built. He wore q half mask. The fireman says the masks were of some gray material. |
 MT. Vaughn would give no esti- mate as to the value of the pack ages taken, but intimated that the amount was not large, and that the loss would have been much more serious if the larger safe had been opened.
 The passengers were not disturb l
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

THE first appointment of MT. Waterman, who was made Cover nor of California by the death of Gov. Bartlett, was Marcus D. Bo- ruck, as his private secretary.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
STAGE CONNECTIONS.

Via Laguna to the Indian village of Aeoma, Is miles,
 Via Wingate to Fort Wingate miles; Zuni, 45 miles,
 Via Manuelito to Fort Defiance (Navajo Agen- cyl p miles; Canon de Chelle, 65 miles; Keams Canon, 90 niles
 Via Navajo, tri-weekly stages to St. Johns,A miles: Springerville s miles.
 Via HolbrOok, tri-weekly stages to Fort Apache 95 miles; Show Low, 50 miles; Taylor, S5 miles, Moqui Indian villages tnO regular Stage 90 miles, Via Winslow, to hTigham City and Sunset Via Ash Fork, daily stages to Prescott and Whipple Barracks. 54 miles; daily stages from Prescott to Phoenix, and tri-weekly stages from Prescott to Fort Verde.
 Via Peach Springs to the Grand Canon of the Colorado, IS miles
 Via Kingman, daily stages to Stockton Hill 10 miles; Mineral Park, l6 miles; Cerbat, 14 miles, Via Yucca tri-weekly stage to Signal, 10 miles, Via The Needles, steamer to Yuma, Colorado river agency. Fort MOhave. Mohave City, Hardy vile, Arizona, and Fl Dorado canon, Nevada.
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

THIRTY-sEvEN miles of track on the Mineral Belt road are laid and in operation, and twelve miles more are ready for the ties. The road bed IS now being graded on de tour line through canyon in the rim rock down into T0nto Basin.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

THE utterances of MT. Cleveland in his long interview with him, published in the New York World, says the Sunday Gazette, are just what might be expected of a man of his broad and comprehensive statesmanship. Every topic which he touched upon was treated in a manner that showed a thorough ac- quaintance with the subject, and his views were given with a frank ness and directness which is thor oughly characteristic of the man. Now that he has broken the ice in regard to giving public expression to his views, it is likely that he will be more ready and accessible to the interviewer upon national subjects in the future.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

THE Railway Age insists that 6,462 miles of new railroad tracks were laid in the United States dur ing the eight months ending Sept. ], 1887, and remarks Tt now seems probable that the number of miles of new roads constructed in
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

A New Orleans telegram says Capt. Beriben, leader of the expe- dition which is said to have started
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

A DISPATCH from Montgomery, Alabama, says Thomas G. Jones, a Colonel of the Second Alabama Regiment, forwarded by express to the Governor of Connecticut, so as to reach Hartford to-day, the battle flag of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers. It was captured at Plymouth, N. C., in April, 1864, by members of the Montgomery True Blues, which was reorganized and is now one of the companies of Colonel Jones' regiment. In his letter the Colonel says the flag is returned because of the indisposi- tion to retain a memento of the triumph of brethren over brethren.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

Meal StatiOns Through tickets to all principle cities east and west on sale at the following stations: Holbrook, Winslow, Flagstaf Peach Springs. Kingmsn, Prescott, The Needles, Daggett, Mohaye.
 and AlbuQuerQue
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-22

Stop for meals. Trains on New Mexico IaRa are run on Mountain Time"
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-10-29

most devout countries under the Sun.
Ninety thousand bells send forth their
summons to prayers from the steeplcs
"a, 900 churches. The weight of these
bells amounts to something like IS, OOO,-
600 of Spanish pounds, and the value
to 10, 900, 900 francs.
LOUIS BoYDES, who recently died ut
Worcester. MaeS. at the age of 81, had
been totally blind for eighteen years.
and in that time his sense of touch had
developed in marvellous manner. He
could tell the denomination of Il bill by
feeling, and he planted, weeded and
cared for his large garden entirely by
himself, and was never known to pull
up young plant for weed.
The remarkable story comes from
San Francisco of boy who waJ vacci-
mated and upon his arm has come the
picture of cows head. 1t is about the
size of standard dollar. 1t is an ex-
act representation of a cows head, en-
silhouette. The nose, jaw, and horns
are perfect. There is even a speck OF
white flesh visible where the eve is sup
posed to be located.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-10-29
CHINA'S GREAT WALL.
How an Out side Barbarian Looks at
the structure.

General j. Fl. Wilson reports the
Great Wall of Chim III fine condition
where he examined it, though rlinous
in parts. ut is from twenty-five to
thirty feet high, fifteen 30 twenty feet
thick, and rivetted outside and in with
cut granite masonry laid in regular
courses with ar excellent mortar of lime
and sand. 1t Is surrounded by pa1r1-
pet or battlement IF gray burned brick,
eighteen or twenty inches thsck, covered
with moss, and pierced with crenelated
openings for the defenders, whether
archers or matchbox men, to fire
through. The rear or inner wall is also
furnished with lower parapcr, but it is
not crenelated. Tfe top is pared with
a double layer of brick abou5 a foot
square. The inside Df the WALL is made
of earth and loose stone, we'll rammed
IN. Every two or three hundred yards
there Is fianking tl.rret thirty-five or
forty feet high. projecting beyond and
overlooking the face IF the wall In both
directions, and near each turrct is n
stone staircase leading down between
the walls to door opening upon the
ground IN the rear. Tie most astOnish
ing thing about it is however, shat it
climbs straight up thestcepest and most
rugged mountain sides, courses along
their SUBMITS, descends into gorGes and
rayincs, anil, rising ag.sin, skirts the face
of almost inaccessible crags, crosses
rivers. valleys and PLAINS in endless sue
cession from one end Il the Empire to
the other-from the seashore IN the
Gulf Of Pe-Chee-Ler to the desert
wastes of Turkestan. No spot II left
ungllauled or uncovered, and no matter
how fierce and active were the wild tribes
men who ass;iilcd it, OF how innumera-
bile were their armies. It is cvident that
it could, # we'll defended, defy theworld
up to the day Of gunpowler amt artil
lcry. Indeed, it is ALMOST impossible to
conceive of its capture, except through
treachery or great neglect on the part
of those whose duty is should DO TO de-
fend it II is laid our in total defiance
of the rules Of military engineering, and
vet the walls are so solid and insccessi-
bic, a.ri the gates Sc we'll arranged and
defended, that it would puzzle % modern
army with first-claSs siege trara to get
through it, if any effort Whatever was
made. for its defense"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-10-29
Fighting u Raiiway.

A antique fight IS now going On between
the Evansville * indianapolis Railroad
and J. &. Palmer. n wealthy farmer near
Washington, Ind. The read is buils
along the line II canal. wich WAS aban-
dcued by the trustees. When the cana
was abandoned the land reverted TO Ia.
former ownc.s. Notwithstanding this
and the fact that twenty years possession
gives a valid title, the canil trustees sold
the property and rights and franchises to
the railroad company. When the roaC
came to be built, however, the farmers
refused 20 allow the line TO cross their
farms, but the company raised force and
completed the road In 1885, Palmer
got perpetual injunction, and under t
he is arrcsting the train hands from day
to day as they try to run trains across his
land, and seems TO be in fair way 20
stop operations on the road. He now has
a number If conductors engineers aad
brakcmeu un1e- b5aI
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-10-29

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u! AIsA lurLL '"oBo LoI UNI ta.9u (sum
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HENRl 0REvrLLE, In her recently PM
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Salem, Mass, defended the:- honis1
against the " Sioux INDIANS"
THERE are two peaceful powers-jui
ice aul ituess.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-10

Gray foxes have been plenty about
Chattanooga, but rod foxes scarce. The
two varieties do not dwell together in
harmony but fight bitterly, and in the
struggle the red one proves himself the
tittest and drives out his lighter colored
kin. The red fox is much the harder
one to run down, as his powers of en-
durance will enable aim to keep up "A
race nearly four times as long as the
gray one. Unfortunately for him el 4 he
runs in circle of perhaps half mile In
diameter and advantage of thi, fact is
taken, greatly handicapping him in his
race for life. A red fox was recen ty
started by pack of hounds owned by a
Chattanooga man and furnish ed rare
sport.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-10
James tiault reside. a, Nsn,t,;rd,,. ,

James Gault resides at Mcuntaindale.
Cambria county, on the line of the
Bells Gap Railroad. Recently be WAS
out in the woods on huati7g expedi-
ton, aud no took with him a double
6areled shotgun aud a small dog. The
dog became very restless on approaching
thicket Of laurel, and began barking
violently, and Mr.. Gault went into the
thlcket short distance 70 see what tho
animal was barking at, when, to his
astonishment he saw ferocious looking
bear IN the act OF making for the dog.
The contents OF one Of the gun barrels
was quickly transferred into the bear.
but the shot only tended to enrage her
the more, and she turned, mouth wide
open, and went for him Mr.. Gault
mad presence Of mind in plenty. and re-
served the centents OF the remaining
barrel until he could almost feel the hot
breath OF the animal on his check. when
he fired, and the great brute rolled over
and expired in few minutes. Tho
bear had four cubs with her, they being
about the size Of small puppies, and Mr..
Gault secured them and,took them With
him TO his home.